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This kind of endless air raids finally made the Liao army in the imperial city unbearable, Renyi Empress Xiao Tzuli had to summon the ministers in the underground secret room to discuss countermeasures, the ministers in front of them were unkempt one by one, most of their mansions were burned, even if they were not burned, they did not dare to stay inside, they could only spend the long cold night in the tent, one by one colorless, sneezing all over the sky.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial city has been burned down by the Song people, and we must come up with a way, now that the buildings are all destroyed, and the soldiers and civilians are exposed to the cold, how should this be?" Empress Xiao said with a pale face.

"Empress Qijuan, not only the house was destroyed, but most of the grain, grass, armaments and materials were also burned, and the imperial city could no longer be held, so the minister suggested that the queen and the prince should immediately evacuate Shangjing and go to Gudaru for temporary refuge." Zhang Jian's hair and eyebrows were burnt yellow, and he said tremblingly.

"However, the army of the emperor's younger brother will arrive today, and if you hold on for two more days, you can counterattack the Song army, and you are really unwilling to evacuate at this time." Yelu Kanrong gritted his teeth.

Zhang Jian said: "General Yelu, two days, can you hold on?" The Song people attacked endlessly from the air, thousands of soldiers were killed every day, tens of thousands of people were displaced, and food and materials were burned, so what to fight with the Song army? I'm afraid that the army of His Royal Highness the Imperial Brother has not yet arrived, and we will all freeze to death. It's not a pity for me to die, but how can the queen and the prince get into danger? General Yelu still escorted the queen and prince out of the city as soon as possible to avoid trouble. ”

Yelu Hongji clenched his fists and said: "No, my father is fighting bloodily on the front line, and I can't even deal with a small unit of 80,000 or 90,000 Song troops in the rear, how can I say that it is over?" Originally, we wanted to wait for the arrival of the emperor's army, but now it seems unlikely, the Song army only dares to attack with despicable means, but does not dare to attack head-on, I think they are not strong, I think we want people to save, it is better to save ourselves, hundreds of thousands of people in the city, plus 50,000 defenders, we can desperately storm the past, the Han people in Seoul are also my Daliao people, as long as we attack, I believe that the people of Seoul will also swarm to respond, and will annihilate the Song people in one fell swoop. ”

Everyone was speechless, the little prince was whimsical, and he actually wanted to drive the Khitan people to attack the Song army directly as cannon fodder, and whether it was feasible or not, this hard heart was eye-catching.

Empress Xiao hurriedly said: "How can that be?" Isn't it to send the people to their death? ”

Yelu Hongji said: "Queen Mother, if the Song people break through the imperial city, won't these hundreds of thousands of people still be slaughtered?" Instead of enslaving and dying, why not give them a chance to be loyal to my Da Liao, has the queen mother thought about it, as soon as the imperial city is broken and the world is shaken, what will my father and King Xiao think on the southern front? What will the border guards think? This is not a problem of a city, but a matter related to the overall situation of the society; Why did my father send troops back from the front line to defend Shangjing? It is because the meaning of Shangjing is not only a city, but also a symbol of my great Liao. ”

Zhang Jian nodded slowly and said: "The prince is right, the old minister is confused, he actually forgot this section, the imperial city cannot be lost, when the imperial brother mobilized the army to leave, the old minister felt that it was inappropriate, he didn't think about it deeply at the time, but now that he thinks about it, it is indeed hasty." ”

Yelu Hongji sneered: "Where does the imperial uncle understand this, as long as he has a large army under his jurisdiction that can win military merits and reputation by fighting more and less, he doesn't care if Shangjing can be kept; But how can we think like that? I propose to send a thousand men and horses to send the queen mother out of the city overnight to avoid trouble, and I and you immediately organize people to attack Hancheng, this is the capital of my great Liao country, the Song people are lonely, what is there to be afraid of. ”

Yelu Kanrong looked at Zhang Jian and asked Zhang Jian's opinion, Zhang Jian said: "The prince is also leaving, how can the queen be unaccompanied." ”

Yelu Hongji said angrily: "Do you want me to be greedy for life and afraid of death? ”

Empress Xiao reprimanded: "Emperor! ”

Yelu Hongji waved his hand and said: "The national crisis is at the head, my father ordered me to stay in the capital, if I abandon the city and flee, how can I explain to my father?" Don't mention this matter again, Lord Jeru, send me an order, that all the men of the city, between sixteen and fifty, should gather in the south square, and if they disobey and flee, they will be killed immediately. Brother Long, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, escorted the queen and the concubines and princesses out of the north gate overnight to Daguru to hide, and Lord Zhang Jian and the old ministers escorted Luan Jia; This matter is so decided, no one is allowed to talk too much. ”

Empress Xiao opened her mouth, sighed and swallowed her words, her son is older, and there is already the fierce light of the hungry wolf on the grassland in her eyes, and she is no longer the little prince who is only a promise, and the country of the Yelu family is still determined by his father and son.

The Liao people didn't know that in fact, Su Jin's air raid plan could no longer continue, first, the hot air balloon had an accident and crashed more than half, and the effect of each sortie was not obvious, and secondly, the remaining fire oil had been exhausted, and there was no fire oil available, could it be that he would fly into the sky and smash stones down at the risk of falling?

It is really difficult to assess how much the main target of the Liao people was burned, Su Jin's plan was to have important places such as barracks and palaces, as well as granaries and material warehouses, but after all, there was no specific location to follow, and in the end it evolved into a bombing of the whole city, and incendiary bombs were dropped and burned wherever there were houses, so that countless people were injured by mistake and the whole city was in disarray.

Su Jin has no choice, things have come to this point, it is really difficult to avoid the casualties of the people, but I don't know what the results are, so I can't carry out the next plan, Su Jin originally formulated a plan for a strong attack, after burning the supply of the enemy's food and grass materials, the strong attack is absolutely feasible, no arrows and no food and drink, no matter how high the city defense is, no matter how strong the enemy tower is, what is the use?

Su Jin hoped to judge whether the goal had been achieved from the reaction of the Liao people, so he ordered people to monitor the reaction of the Liao people day and night, he hoped that the best result was that the Liao people fully withdrew from the imperial city, then he could defend according to the strong defense facilities of the imperial city, even if Yelu Chongyuan arrived, he could not move a single hair.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Hu woke up Su Jin and told him that a scout had come to report that the Liao army was moving, and it seemed that an army had been sent outside the north gate.

Su Jin hurriedly put on his horse and went around to the wilderness outside the north gate of the imperial city against the cold wind, where Ma Han and three thousand cavalry had been waiting for a long time.

"What's going on?" Su Jin asked.

"Son, my men are exploring outside the city and find that another team of men and horses left the city and headed north an hour ago."

"How many?"

"I don't see much, but there don't seem to be many people."

Su Jin nodded, an hour ago, the troops were dispatched, and now the city gate is closed, obviously a small army, otherwise it is not so fast, Su Jin led people to carry torches to survey along the route of the enemy's march, Su Jin walked a few steps and squatted down to look at the traces, nodded and said, "I understand." ”

Mahan asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"You see, there are rut marks in the middle of the snow avenue, and horseshoe prints on both sides, obviously the cavalry is escorting the convoy out of the city, and at this time the city is definitely not sending any supplies out, but definitely escorting people out of the city."

Mahan said: "Escort someone." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Ma Han, your opportunity to make meritorious service has arrived, order you and Zhao Hu to immediately lead the army to pursue, if I guess correctly, the escort must be the wife and children of the Liao lord and the concubines, only they will enjoy such treatment." ”

Ma Han patted his thigh and said, "But isn't it, this is the capital." ”

Su Jin said: "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry up and chase it? After you catch it, take a detour, don't go back the same way, in case the news comes back to the city, and the Liao army sends troops to support you and wrap you in dumplings. ”

Ma Han lifted the reins of the horse and said, "Don't worry, my son, I will bring you a few princesses and concubines who are like flowers and jade to be concubines." ”

Su Jin was speechless, waved his hand and said: "Don't say nonsense, you have to treat each other politely, you are not allowed to come nonsense, they are still useful." ”

Ma Han laughed, and rode north with Zhao Hu and three thousand cavalry.

……

It was destined to be an unquiet night, and before Su Jin could sit down in Hancheng, Jingtai and Pan Jiang came together, with ice ballast on their cold armor, and the sword made a sound against the armor.

"Dashuai, the Liao people don't know what the hell they are messing with, and we didn't harass them, but they themselves are making a lot of noise, and the brother of the Beicheng lookout said that there is chaos in the imperial city, is there a civil strife?"

Su Jin hurriedly put on his armor again and got up and said, "Let's go, go and have a look." ”

The three of them quickly came to a new high watchtower in Beicheng, Su Jin looked at the imperial city to patrol, as Jingtai and others said, there was a cry in the city, it seemed that there were soldiers in armor running back and forth in the city, I don't know what to do.

Su Jin looked at it carefully for a while, then turned around and said, "Two of you, I'm afraid we're going to prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Jingtai said: "What? The Liao people dare to fight against us? ”

Su Jin pointed to the surging flow of people in the imperial city and said: "You see, those figures who were driven here should be ordinary people, they are not civil strife, but in the city to fill the army, the imperial city can no longer be defended, and they are unwilling to give up, so they must pull the people to fill the army to make the last fight." ”

Pan Jiang and Jingtai looked at each other carefully, and both smacked their tongues and said, "If that's the case, this is tricky." ”